Nov
03
2011

Vortex Connect Inc. a Mobility Business-to-Business Application…

Vortex Connect Inc. was chosen as a finalist in Mobility Business-to-Business Application Partner of the Year for providing Saas based solutions to mobilize an entire workforce. The mobile workforce… (PRWeb November 03, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/11/prweb8927060.htm

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Oct
12
2011

App47 and Fixmo Announce OEM Agreement

App47 to Bolster Fixmo’s Mobile Risk Management Platform with Powerful Mobile Application Management Capabilities (PRWeb October 12, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8862284.htm

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Oct
10
2011

India and Pakistan Join Forces to Promote IT: FiveRivers Announces…

Lahore-based FiveRivers Technologies and Pepper.pk will port their application catalogue to India's low-cost tablet to make it more useful and effective for end-users (PRWeb October 10, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/10/prweb8860625.htm

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Sep
29
2011

Extending Enyo HTML5 Support

Developers building applications with webOS 3.0 are enjoying the benefits of the Enyo framework. Enyo is HP’s JavaScript-based framework for building mobile web applications which abstracts the complexities of building features like web service access, localization and complex user interfaces into mobile applications away from the developer

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Jul
15
2011

Enyo Basics: Encapsulation

For developers that are just getting started with webOS 3.0 and familiarizing themselves with our Enyo framework, the concept of encapsulation – a way to break your app down into smaller, self-contained parts – can make your code easier to understand and maintain. Once an Enyo app is broken down into self-contained components, they need to be able to interact with each other to perform actions or expose and change properties they contain.

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Jun
02
2011

Think big: TouchPad app submissions and in-app purchases

When we introduced the HP TouchPad earlier this year, we wanted everyone to “think big.” Today, we’ve got some big updates to share. Start submitting your TouchPad apps today Ever since we released the webOS 3.0 SDK in our Early Access program , we’ve had a tremendous response from developers who have eagerly started creating apps for the first webOS tablet.

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Apr
27
2011

Getting Familiar with the Flexible Box Layout Model

With the upcoming release of the Pre 3 and TouchPad, we will have two new webOS devices that offer different screen sizes and resolutions than we’ve had before. While these devices will be able to scale & display current apps correctly, developers who want to take advantage of the additional screen real estate will still need to update their apps accordingly

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Mar
28
2011

Complete Browser for WebOS Gives Palm Users an Alternative Web Browser – Appscout

Appscout Complete Browser for WebOS Gives Palm Users an Alternative Web Browser Appscout If you're hanging on to your Palm Pre or Palm Pixi and you're holding out hope for HP's recently announced line of WebOS smartphones and tablets, the Complete Browser is a great example of how the application development community hasn't completely …

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Mar
23
2011

Customizing the Spinner Widget

Occasionally while developing, you get the urge to add a little personal flavor in your application. Let’s spice up one of the more under-appreciated widgets on the platform: the spinner. Since we should be providing the user some visual feedback while waiting on a response from a service/device, many apps make use of the spinner widget

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Jan
28
2011

WebOS to the Max

When developing and pushing the limits of webOS applications, it can be helpful to know some of the boundaries you might run into. Here are a few that have come up in the past for other developers: Maximum size for an ipk file (i.e., the app package): 200MB. You can locally install larger ipks, and you can also grow your application resources after installation by downloading or dynamically creating additional content, but this is the biggest ipk file that can be uploaded to our catalog server.

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Jan
14
2011

Quick webOS Development Tips

Today, we have a trio of tips that we hope will help you in the course of developing your apps. These are questions we run into from time to time on the developer forums, and we hope you find the answers useful! How do I print out an object for debugging?

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Nov
22
2010

Palm to launch new apps framework – Mobile Business Briefing

UberGizmo Palm to launch new apps framework Mobile Business Briefing The first webOS 2.0-based device, the Palm Pre 2, has just launched and the operating system will run a range of new devices, including smartphones and … HP Palm WebOS Next Generation Enyo First Look Video Phones Review HP hints at WebOS devices coming after Christmas Inquirer Palm Preps Tablet-friendly Application Framework PC World (blog) all 15 news articles

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Aug
02
2010

Be on your best behavior with Jasmine; Open source BDD testing framework from Pivotal

Davis Frank and other awesome mobile pivots have released a new BDD testing framework for webOS.

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Jul
13
2010

A Quick PDK Submission Checklist

With the PDK Hot Apps promotion starting in the near future, a lot of developers want to submit their C/C++ applications to our catalog. Here are a couple of things to check first to make sure your app doesn’t get rejected. First, lets look at your application package and executable: Is the app a full-screen app

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Jun
10
2010

Interesting App: WeatherBug Elite

Weather is something that affects each of us, and yet while we can’t control weather (at least not yet), many of us like to know the weather conditions each day.  One of the most popular paid weather applications on the Palm Hot Apps leader board, and my personal forecasting tool, is WeatherBug Elite. Getting started with the application is easy; simply allow the application access to your GPS location, and it will automatically display the weather in your immediate area.

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